PATRICK N. RICHARDSON

PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33025

CELL: (305) 804-9094

pnrichardson@att.net

 

DWDM/SONET/SDH SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ENGINEER

 

 

Network Integration and Implementation Engineer. Offering years of experience and impressive record in Optical and Wireless telecommunication systems in DWDM, SONET/SDH and Wireless infrastructures. Continually updates current knowledge in technology developments in Implementation and integration of system upgrades, business decisions, and demonstrating competencies in diverse engineering role.

 

·               Praised for technical expertise and leadership in Installation, Integration, Operation, Administration and Maintenance in Optical transport and Wireless telecommunication Technology Infrastructures; SONET/SDH, DWDM, CWDM, GSM, CDMA, LTE and EVDO equipment and technologies.

·               Communicate effectively and professionally with system design Engineers, project Managers and business professionals; ensuring all projects run smoothly and efficiently to meet all requirements and specifications.

·               Work with minimal / no supervision and is capable of making accurate decisions in the Infrastructure of Building, Diagnosing, Testing of SONET/SDH and Wireless equipment; competence to read and understand the interpretation of Signal Flow diagrams, Method of procedures, Drawings, and Product manuals.

·               Earned solid reputation for root cause analysis; resolving complex issues; ensuring continuity of services, and delivering exceptional customer services.

 

 

 

 

                                                AREAS OF EXPERTISE

 

v      EF & I                                                   Commissioning and Testing                                                                                     

v      Building Network Infrastructure           Configuration and Integration                            

v      Installation and Turn up                        Signal Flow and Method of Procedures               

v      DC Power and Grounding                    Trouble shooting and problem solving 

v      SONET and SDH                                 Operation and Maintenance

Switches and Routers                             Leadership and Coordination

v      LAN and WAN                                      Drawing and Specifications                 

v      Interfaces and Protocols                         T1, T3, DSL, ADSL, DSLAM and VOIP

v      Network Topology                                  GSM, CDMA, LTE, EVDO

 

                                               

 

 

 

                                         EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

 

Bachelor of Science in Information Systems, Concentration in Internetworking Technology, Strayer University, Miramar, Fl. Advance studies in the following Information system courses at Strayer University 2010-2014.                                                                                               

 

Computer Programming Design; that involves extensive work in the development of application programs.                                                                                                                                    Relational Database Management Systems; that provides fundamental database concepts and knowledge of database management.                                                                                                                                      Operating System; that covers the development and execution of structured shell programs including scripts, menus, I/O redirection, pipes, variables, and other UNIX and Windows commands.                                                                                                                                 Networking; that covers basic concepts of computer networks, topologies, protocols, performance issues, and software for LANS/WANS.                                                                                                                                     Systems Analysis and Development; that provides an understanding of the mythology, scope of business information systems, analysis and design, and their relationships.                                                                     

Computer Ethics; which focuses on ethical and legal issues, civil rights, and privacy considerations that organization must take into account.                                                                                                                     System Modeling Theory; that covers the principles and theory of discrete event system modeling and simulation.                                                                                                   Internetworking Basics; that relates to the OSI model and LAN concepts, and networking devices that operate at the Physical, Data Link, and the Network layers of the OSI model, LAN, and internetworking cabling requirements, IP addressing and sub-netting, collision and broadcast domains, LANs, WANs, and TCP/IP. That includes labs to demonstrate, router startup, router setup, configuring router interfaces, and the basic network management.                                                Internetworking Design; of small-to medium-sized networks which meets performance, security, capacity, and scalability requirements.                                                                                                                                     Advance Routing; in which provides the knowledge necessary to implement advanced network routing protocols, along with labs that includes the capability to trouble shoot problems using systematic processes to detect faults and correct them.                                                                                                                                                  Internetworking Switching; that provides the essential information to build an enterprise campus network with switches and routers, and Case studies that includes the information on how to optimize routing, ensure network availability and multicast applications.                                                                                                                Advance Internetworking Design; that provides the knowledge of how to plan and design a network using various internetworking technologies to meet performance, security, capacity, and scalability requirements.                                                                                                             Implementing Secure Converged WAN; that provides the knowledge necessary to secure converged wide area networks, which include remote connectivity configurations and best practices, MPLS, IPSec, VLANs, and device hardening techniques.                                                                                                                              

 

Associate of Science in Electronic Engineering Technology, Bauder College Ft. Lauderdale Fl

AT&T Supplier Awareness and Quality Installations NPE

Emerson Network Power Cat 2 Lead Installer Power program

Nortel Basic Builder III qualification program, SONET/SDH, OME 3500, 5200, 6500(OAM&P), Common photonic layers, DWM, CWDM, CCS7, SPM, SSG (signaling transfer point), Access node (OAM&P)

Meth ode Electronics Inc. Fiber Optic termination and Corning Unicam Fiber Optics termination

Bogen Communications Inc. Sound and System Paging products technical installation

 

Operating Systems: XP, Vista, UNIX, Windows 7

                Software: MS office and Visio

                Protocols: ICMP, HDLC, IPv4, IPv6, OSPF, RIPv2, EIGRP, MPLS, PPP, SMTP, SNMP, TELNET,

                                 TCP/IP, UDP, FTP, Frame relay, ATM Cells,

                Tools: Management tools, Site Manager, Preside, ProComm, CLI

                            Optical and RF test tools, BERT testers, Power meters, OTDR’s, spectrum analyzers 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                        PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

 

ADEX CORPORATION

1035 WINDWARD RIDGE PKWY

ALPHARETTA, GA.30005.

 

Hardware Specialist Field Engineer                                                           7/2/2014 – 11/14/2014.

Trained and authorized to install, commission, integrate and troubleshoot Nortel/Ericsson CDMA indoor and outdoor (800Mhz/1900Mhz/1900LTE_2.5Mhz). Compact and Metro Cells, 1xRTT and EVDO equipment; upgrades from SFRM to MFRM-2; Sprint 65Mhz_2.5Mhz RBS upgrade conversion. Whereby, possess the ability to read and understand technical drawings, MOPs, and documentation. Performs all physical and mechanical installation activities; Perform power verification and power-up of equipment, preliminary hardware testing in an in and out of service environment. Commission and Integrate VMFRM, DUL, DUS, RU/RRU and XMU/DBA for CEEM on BSSM. Competence of IP’s, network interface protocols, protocol analyzers and network specifications. Accomplished the following certifications: Sprints 65 Mhz. RBS Upgrade, Sprint 65Mhz Smart Laptop; Smart Laptop Overview Integration, Smart Laptop LTE 2^nd. Carrier Addition; Smart Laptop CBU to DUW training; Smart Laptop Call Testing-LTE 2c Add

 

Cogent Communications                                                               10/2012 – May. 2014.

  Cogent Communications is multinational, Tier 1 facilities-based ISP; specializes in providing businesses with high speed Internet access, point-to-point transport and collocation services.

 

Independent Contactor

Provide services in EF&I of fiber optic infrastructure backbone (MM & SM) to business premises and hand-off of 100-Mbs, and Gige Ethernet circuits. Installation and Turn-up various Cisco Series switches and routers (2800, 3400, 4900M, ASR 9001. ASR9010). Installations of ELTEK VALERE rectifiers back-up systems, and other maintenance, and services in Nodes and Collocations environment.                                                    

 

 

LIGHT HOUSE COMM. CORP.

GLENBURNIE, MD. 21061.                                                                                  7/2009- 10/2012.

LHCC is a turnkey solution provider in telecommunication services, system equipment installation, turn-up and test, and engineering support services.

 

Field Support Engineer

Responsible for network maintenance, and operation support resolution of system components analysis and SLA services, handle various projects by expertly maintaining, installing, configuring, and integrating system components in a network infrastructure environment of Collocations, Data Centers and Central Office ( Juniper routers, Cisco switches, OME 6500, Ciena 4200) for AboveNet (Zayo Group), Century Link and South Miami Hospital.

 

APC WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS II, LCC

ORLANDO, FL. 32801.                                               3/2006-7/2009

Telecommunication Staffing firm with engineers worldwide specializing in commissioning and operational testing of all types of   telecom equipment, for various equipment manufacturers, telecommunications service providers and private network operators.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Field Technician (NORTEL NPW)

Supported Installation, commissioning, testing, integration and maintenance of Optical metro 3500, 5200, 6500 multiservice edge metro core platforms and DWDM SONET capable platforms supporting numerous TDM, Storage, and Ethernet services over advance networking schemes, including Resilient Packet Rings. Familiar with CLEC's, CAP's, ILEC's services

 

v      Supervise and Coordinate, in parallel with project managers and consultant engineers, multiple projects and maintain all quality requirements records, schedules, and documents for audit purposes and future reference.

v      Ensure that all new installations are labeled accordingly and marked up on drawings (hard copy) by technicians in order for engineering consultant to upgrade master building drawings (Auto CAD).

v      Provided advanced support to Comcast National, AT&T nationwide, EMBARQ, Time Warner, Sprint and Verizon core nationwide back bone networks with systems deployment and DWDM, SONET/SDH operations.

v      Perform various power transfers on live traffic equipment with zero tolerance traffic effect or outage.

v      Maintained service grooming, migration, and circuit provisioning of critical traffic on various optical carrier circuits and Ethernet services. (T1,T3,`DS1,DS3,STM, OC3, OC12, OC48, OC192)

 

 

FIELD TECHNICIAN                                                                                           2/2002-1/2006

Support various Contracting firms within deployment of wire line, and wireless communications network infrastructure in disaster recovery, long-haul fiber networks, metropolitan fiber rings, fiber to home networks, Data Center and Central Offices Nationwide.

 

VERSA COMM LLC. DALLAS, TX.                                                              9/2005-1/2006

·               Supported Bell South within OSP work, restoring customer services and repairs at CPE and X-box (F1 and F2 feeder) in the field.

·               Identified, analyzed, diagnosed, troubleshoot, and repaired systems at customer’s location. (Lines, aerial, buried and ENC, equipment, FTL-A/DFITL, ONU 24 subscriber loop carrier system, SAC boxes and NID/SNI equipments).

 

Ø       AJILON COMMUNICATIONS Suwannee, GA.                                              4/2003-8/2005

·               Provided Installation, upgrading, testing and commissioning services for Nortel CDMA metro cell BTS 800/1900 MHz RF system, GSM BTS 9000, GSM BTS 18000 and GSM-UMTS radios to Verizon and Cingular/AT&T wireless networks.

Integrate Nortel CDMA, GSM BTS and LMU/UMTS networks for E-911 TDOA network overlays. Perform test/validation and troubleshoot services (T1 and sweep testing) in Verizon and Cingular/AT&T wireless markets.

·               Provided EF&I services for  installation, integration and maintenance  of  Marconi DC power equipments,

        Rectifiers and BTS DC power battery backup cabinets within AT&T central offices, Verizon and remote                locations.

·               Successfully delivered special technical projects for 3G1X launch, In-Building projects, Microcell, FMA, acceptance and optimization procedures including diversity, node-b conversions, sweep spectrum and performance analysis on new builds.

 

 

WPC TELECOM INC. MIAMI, FL.                                                                    2/2002-2/2003

·               Provided EF&I maintenance and services for Supra telecom commercial and residential phone and internet, delivering exceptional customer services.

·               Lead numerous installation improvements on repairs, replacements and extended all types of POTS, T1, ISDN, DSL circuits from demark to customer equipment.

·               Successfully improved the quality of service and significantly reduced customer trouble reports.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORTEL, Alpharetta, GA                                                                                      1/1999-12/2001

Nortel is a company recognized worldwide as a leader in delivering communication system capabilities to companies in more than 150 countries nationwide.

 

Site Team Leader

Led a 6-member team of technicians and contractors to deliver assigned projects on schedule and under budget for Bell South, AT&T, FPL Fiber net, Net 2000, Next Link and Global Naps. Managed entire project cycle from design through cost control, testing, validating, installation, troubleshooting, and customer support.

·               Served as the primary contact point for all customer needs, requirements, and expectations; cultivated and strengthen relationships with customers, third party partners, and vendors.

·               Accountable for contractual costs, deliverables, and schedule; secured and managed resources and coordinated client resources to deliver services and solutions.

·               Defined systems, including hardware and software components (Access Node, Opt era long haul 1600, Opt era- DX Connect, Opt era 3500, Opt era 5200, DWDM, DCM, OC 12, OC 48, OC 192 equipment, Passport6400/8600 series, SPM, STP, DMS 100, 250, 500 and Bay Network Stack Switches). Seamlessly integrated new equipment into existing and legacy systems.

·               Ensures installation of transport equipment is completed with high degree and quality, establish and track records including Engineering designs, MOP, red lines, drawings and test records for Engineering Department to upgrade master building drawings. Successfully closed customer engagements that resulted in satisfied clients willing to consider future engagements.